Job done for Alex Rins who pulls out of Japanese MotoGP due to pain but explains why he’s “happy”
The LCR Honda rider was making a long-awaited comeback after breaking his leg at Mugello - he missed seven full ♋rounds.
His return at Motegi sꦜaw him complete Friday practice - he was the slowest rider on the track - before being declared𓂃 unfit.
Rins said about his call to withdraw: “It was an easy decision because, when we took the plane to come here,ꦜ I already knew that if I felt a lot of pain I would stop.
“That’s what I spoke about to the doctors.
“In FP1 the sensa🌄tion was good. With three months off a MotoGP bike, it was a bit different.
“But the body respected the pain, so it was not t✤hat pain♓ful.
“But lap-by-lap it was increasing, this p💜ain in my leg.”
But the returning Honda rider knows that Friday in Jꦡapan was a success becaus🅺e it represents a major step towards racing again.
“꧒I’m happy because we completed a good test with my body and with the bike. So let’s continue with the recovery,” he s💝aid.
“It was big news to jump back on a MotoGP bike after many days a�𒆙�t home, without this feeling.
“I’m happy for tꦯhis. Now we have two more weeks to recover. Let’s see how it goes.
“I hope to impr🐽ove a little bit, we have two weeks to improve, to keep following the same in terms of rec❀overy.”
Rins’ situation is complicated bec🗹ause, while being sidelined with a broken leg, it was confirmed that he will leave LCꦺR Honda for Yamaha in 2024.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 𝓡for a decade covering everꦕything from American sports, to football, to F1.
